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The standard edition for scholarship in all areas of East Asian
Buddhism. References to Buddhist texts always should include
a Taishō number, where available. Vols. 1–55 contains the
scriptures of traditional Chinese canon, but rearranged in a systematic order;
vols. 56–84 (published 1929–1932) added Japanese texts; vol. 85 reprinted newly
discovered texts from Dunhuang and indigenous Chinese scriptures;
vols. 86–97 (1932–1935) reproduce illustrations and
iconography; vols. 98–100 (1932–1935) reproduce catalogs of previous canons and
collections. The first edition of the canon edited in
consultation with old Japanese manuscript editions of the scripture (some of
which date to the 8th century), the main section of the Taishō consists largely
of verbatim reprints of the second Koryŏ edition of the canon.
Texts missing from the Koryŏ edition were added from older Japanese
collections or from other Chinese canons. While the
annotation provides alternate readings from other manuscripts or xylographic
canons, this is not a true critical edition. The punctuation
is frequently wrong—do not hesitate to try a different reading.

Taishō volumes 1–55 and 85 are available on-line and on CD-ROM from CBETA
(Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association: http://www.cbeta.org/index.htm)
in Taiwan. The CBETA e-texts are available both in plain text
format and in XML versions that have been corrected (with each correction
annotated). Both of these versions are in
unicode. The corrected texts also make use of Mojikyō fonts
for rare glyphs. Moreover, the CD-ROM provides an excellent
search engine with many useful tools, such as: proximity
search for separate words that appear within a user-defined range, automatic
citation formatting, and an electronic version of the Ding
Fubao丁福保 dictionary (1925; see
below). (An image file to create the CD-ROM also can be
downloaded.) The entire Taishō also is supposed to eventually
appear on-line from SAT (Saṃgaṇikīkṛtaṃ
Taiśotripiṭakaṃ:
http://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~sat/) in Tokyo, Japan. The
SAT project, however, is nowhere near as advanced or as reliable as the CBETA
versions. Therefore, SAT e-texts should be used only for the
Japanese texts from volumes 56–84, which are not included in the CBETA
collection.

Taishō shinshū dai zōkyō
sakuin大正新脩大藏經索引 [Indexes to the Taishō
canon]. 50 vols. (India section, 20 vols.;
China section, 14 vols.; Japan section, 16 vols.) Tokyo:
Daizō Shuppan, 1926–1985. Reprinted: Taishō shinshū
daizō kyō sakuin [Indexes to the Taishō canon]. UCLA library owns 45
volumes. Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizō kyō Kankōkai (1964 - ).
[BQ1210T35 Index] Once an
indispensable reference tool for tracing terms, texts, and proper nouns through
the canon, today it has been superceeded by the various electronic editions of
the canon which can be searched on computer. Nonetheless, it
could still be useful for its classifications of words and for what it reveals
about how scriptural vocabulary had been analyzed.

Based on the second Koryŏ edition of the canon, the shukusatsu
version is generally recognized as the most accurate modern edition
available. Although one must provide citations to the Taishō
edition as a standard operating procedure, whenever possible one should also
consult this edition. A few texts are found only in this
edition, most notably, the most complete collection (10 vols.) of yinyi音義 (Jpn. ongi;
i.e., traditional Chinese glossaries of Sanskrit terms transliterated into
Chinese).

Dai Nihon kōtei
zōkyō大日本校訂藏經 [The Kyoto revised
version of the canon, popularly known as the Manji edition (Manjiban卍版)].
Ed. Maeda Eun 前田慧雲 and Nakano Tatsue
中野達慧. 347
vols. Kyoto: Zōkyō Shoin,
1902–1905. Total fascicles:
7,082. Rpt. ed.:
Wan zheng
zangjing卍訂藏經.
Taipei: Xinwenfeng Chubanshe, 1965.
70 vols. [NOT at UCLA.] Only
edition of the canon with kundoku訓読 readings (of uncertain
reliability). Now largely ignored except for a few texts
found only in this edition (such as the recorded sayings of Zhongfeng Mingben
中峰明本).
Chinese works not found herein formed the basis for the following
supplement.

Dainippon zoku
zōkyō大日本續藏經 [The Kyoto supplement
to the Manji edition of the canon]. Ed. Maeda Eun
前田慧雲 and Nakano Tatsue
中野達慧. 750
vols. in 150 cases. Kyoto: Zōkyō Shoin,
1905–1912. Citations to the original edition cannot be
understood without knowledge of its arrangement. It
consisted of 750 volumes (satsu冊), packed 5 volumes per
set (tō套), one set per case
(chitsu帙 or kan函).
These volumes were issued in three separate series: an
initial group of 95 sets without subtitle (sometimes called daiippen第一編), a 2d group of 32 sets
subtitled daini hen第二編 (sometimes called kō
甲), and a supplement to
the 2d group of 23 sets subtitled daini hen otsu第二編乙.
There are a total of 150 sets in these 3 groups.
Taiwan and Hong-Kong reprints of the Zokuzōkyō (or Xuzang
jing), therefore, usually consist of 150 vols. Numerous reprints exist, beginning in Shanghai,
1925–1926. UCLA owns: Xu zang
jing續藏經 [Supplement to the
canon (also listed in the library catalog as Wan xu zang卍續藏)].
150 vols. Hong Kong (Hsiang-kang):
Ying-yin Hsü-tsang-ching wei-yüan-hui 影印續藏經委員會, 1967–1977.
[1803 H86] The most widely used reprint is the
150-volume version printed in Taipei by Xinwenfeng Chubanshe in
1975. A revised edition (shinsan新纂) in 100 vols. edited by
Watanabe Kōshō 河村孝照 was published in Japan
1975–1976, but it is NOT at UCLA.

The standard reference for Chinese texts (largely by post-Tang, Chinese
authors) not included in the traditional versions of the canon.
Major source for indigenous Chinese Buddhist literature (especially
scriptural commentaries, liturgies, and records of the Chan 禪 school).
Be careful: the number of inaccuracies in this edition
exceeds even that of the Taishō. Worse, it frequently is
based on late versions of texts that differ considerably from their earlier
editions.

The Zokuzōkyō is gradually becoming available on-line and on
CD-ROM from CBETA (Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association:
http://www.cbeta.org/index.htm) in Taiwan as part of their e-text version of the
Taishō canon (see above). The CBETA e-texts are available
both in plain text format and in XML versions that have been corrected (with
each correction annotated). Both of these versions are in
unicode. The corrected texts also make use of Mojikyō fonts
for rare glyphs. Moreover, the CD-ROM provides an excellent
search engine with many useful tools, such as: proximity
search for separate words that appear within a user-defined range, automatic
citation formatting, and an electronic version of the Ding
Fubao丁福保 dictionary (1925; see
below). (An image file to create the CD-ROM also can be
downloaded.) The most recent versions of the CBETA software
provided on the CD-ROM allow the user to cite the Zokuzōkyō according to
the pagination of the original edition or one of the reprint
editions.

Koryŏ
taejanggyŏng高麗大藏經 [Koryŏ
canon]. 48 vols. Photolithographic
reprint; Seoul: Tongguk University Press, 1976.
[1803 T77] Reprint of the second Koryŏ canon
(completed ca. 1251), one of only two or three sets of xylographs still extant
among the East Asian canons.

Available on-line and on CD-ROM from The Research Institute of Tripitaka
Koreana (http://www.sutra.re.kr/default.asp) in Korea. The
CD-ROM version provides an excellent search engine with many useful tools, such
as: automatically providing alternative glyphs for common
East Asian Buddhist words, comparing variant glyphs and textual variants with
the Taishō canon, as well as dictionaries of Chinese glyphs and of Buddhist
vocabulary. These tools make use of Mojikyō fonts for rare
glyphs.

Song Jishaban Da
zangjing 宋磧砂版大藏經 [Jisha edition of the
Song canon]. 591 vols. Ed.
Shanghai yingyin Songban
zangjinghui.
Shanghai: Yingyin Songban zangjinghui, 1935, 1936. [1803 T73]
Reprint of much of the Jisha Yenshengyuan edition of the canon (completed ca. 1322), which was
rediscovered in 1931. Incomplete sections were filled in with
passages taken from later editions of the
canon.

Songzang
yizhen宋藏遺珍
[Rarities from the Song Canon]. 45
vols. Ed. Shanghai yingyin Songban
zangjinghui. Shanghai: Yingyin Songban zangjinghui, 1935. [1803 S95]
Reprint of selected works from the Chin-dynasty edition of the canon
(completed ca. 1173), which was rediscovered in 1933.
Consists of works not found in the Sung Chi-sha-pan Ta
tsang-ching, a few of which exist nowhere
else.

Dai Nihon Bukkyō
zensho大日本佛教全書 [Complete Buddhist
Works of Japan]. 150 vols.
Tokyo: Bussho Kankōkai, 1912–1922.
[1803 D14] Use the revised edition:
Ed. Suzuki Gakujutsu Zaidan 鈴木学術財団. 100
vols. Tokyo: Kōdansha,
1970–1973. [BQ 670 D35 1970] In addition
to being the most important source for works related to Japanese Buddhism, this
collection also contains much that is of use to students of China:
catalogues of scriptures, pilgrimage diaries, commentaries on Chinese
texts, indexes to Chinese Buddhist histories, etc. Vols.
98–100 of the revised edition contain useful textual studies and indexes by
post-war Japanese scholars.

Nihon dai
zōkyō日本大藏經 [Japanese Buddhist
Canon]. Ed. Nakano Tatsue
中野達慧 et al.
Tokyo: Nihon Daizōkyō Hensankai,
1914–1919. 51 vols. [1803 N57]
A collection of the major doctrinal texts of India and China with
commentaries (mainly by Japanese monks) arranged in parallel
columns. A few of the commentaries found herein are not
available elsewhere. A revised edition
(kaitei
zōho増補改訂) in 100 vols. was
published by the Suzuki Gakujutsu Zaidan 鈴木学術財団 1973–1978, but it is
NOT at UCLA.

Lewis R.Lancaster and Sung-bae Park.The Korean Buddhist
Canon:A Descriptive Catalogue.Berkeley and Los Angeles:University of California
Press, 1979.[Ref. Z 7862.3 L35 1979]The
most complete catalogue of the canon (but watch for misprints).Provides traditional catalogue references to each work listed, with
complete information on Sanskrit and Tibetan editions (where
available).May be used with the Taishō canon by referring to
the index of Taishō numbers. (http://www.hm.tyg.jp/~acmuller/descriptive_catalogue/)
Reviewed by Victor H. Mair, Journal of the American Oriental Society
103–2 (1983), 468–9.

Lancaster, Lewis R., and
Sung-bae Park. The Korean Buddhist Canon:A Descriptive Catalogue. Berkeley and Los
Angeles: University of California Press, 1979.
[Ref. Z 7862.3 L35 1979] The most
complete catalogue of the canon (but watch for misprints).
Provides traditional catalogue references to each work listed, with
complete information on Sanskrit and Tibetan editions (where
available). May be used with the Taishō canon by referring to
the index of Taishō numbers. (http://www.hm.tyg.jp/~acmuller/descriptive_catalogue/)
Reviewed by Victor H. Mair, Journal of the American Oriental Society
103–2 (1983), 468–9.

Butten
kōza仏典講座
[Lecture
Class on Buddhist Texts]. 42 vols.
Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1971–1992– [BQ 1217
B87] Japanese yomi-kudashi and translation into modern
Japanese, with vocabulary notes, of key texts of Indic and Chinese
origin. Although a few volumes stand out, the general quality
does not approach that of the best pre-war kōgi講義 (lecture)-type
studies.

De Jong, J.
W. [Jan Willem]. A Brief History of
Buddhist Studies in Europe and America.
Tokyo: Kōsei, 1997. Originally
appeared in four installments over sixteen years as: “A Brief
History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America.” The Eastern Buddhist,
n.s. 7, no. 1 (May 1974): 55–106, and 7 no. 2 (Oct. 1974):
49–82. “Recent Buddhist Studies in Europe and
America.” The Eastern Buddhist, n.s. 17 no. 1 (Spring 1984): 79–107, and
“Buddhist Studies in Europe and America in Recent Decades,” Chūō gakujutsu
kenkyūjo kiyō中央学術研究所記要 20 (1990):
1–60. The first two essays were also reprinted as A Brief
History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America (Bibliotheca
Indo-Buddhica, no. 33. Delhi: Sri Satguru
Publications, 1987) [BQ 160 J65 1987] and translated into
Japanese by Hirakawa Akira 平川彰as Bukkyō kenkyū no
rekishi仏教研究の歴史(Tokyo:
Shunjūsha, 1983). Valuable survey of the evolution of
Buddhist Studies as a humanistic discipline. Major
contributions of important Western and Asian scholars discussed.
Indexed by names of scholars and by texts.

Encyclopedia of Religion
and Ethics.
Ed. James Hastings. 13
vols. New York, 1908–1956. [YRL
Ref. Room: BL 31 E56
1925] The sections on Buddhism still stand as testaments to
the high levels of scholarship attained by early scholars of the “French
School.”

Hōbōgirin法寶義林:Dictionnaire encyclopédique du bouddhisme d’après les sources chinoise et
japonaises. Paul Demiéville, editor-in-chief.
Tokyo: 1929–1983–1995–. [Ref. BQ
130 H63 1929] More a collection of
research articles than encyclopedic surveys; by top international
Buddhologists. Entries listed by Japanese romanization, but
in Roman order. Complete only through “Daishi” (vol.
7). A character index is
available.

Rosenberg,
Otto. Introduction to the Study of Buddhism according to
the Material Preserved in Japan and China.Part 1
Vocabulary. A survey of Buddhist terms and names arranged
according to radicals with Japanese reading and Sanscrit
equivalents. Tokyo, 1916. [NOT at
UCLA.] Chrestomathy of Chinese Buddhist doctrinal terms,
citing references in sixteen earlier Japanese dictionaries where discussion of
the term is found. Especially useful for Chinese
transliterations of Sanskrit.

Ui Hakuju
宇井伯寿, ed.
(Konsaisu) Bukkyō jitenコンサイス佛教辞典 [Concise Buddhist
Dictionary]. Tokyo: Daitō Shuppan,
1953. [BQ130; .B8315 1953] Popularly known as the
Ui jiten 宇井辞典.
In spite of its small
size this pioneering effort still contains more entries than any other
dictionary. Some of its entires (such as ryakuji
略字, “abbreviated
characters”) are uniquely useful.

De Koros, Alexander
Csoma. Sanskrit-Tibetan-English Vocabulary:Being an Edition and Translation of the Mahāvyutpatti.
Buddhica, no. 8. Delhi: Motilal
Banarsidass, 1982. [PL 3636 K67 1980]
Important for numerical lists and Sanskrit-Chinese
equivalencies. NOTE: The Ogiwara version
of the Mahāvyutpatti is more useful (see additional comments under that
entry).

Fayun
法雲
(1088–1158). Fanyi mingyi ji翻譯名義集 (Jpn. Hon’yaku
myōgishū) [Collection of Translated Terms], 1143. 7
vols. in 1 case. 1628 Japanese wood-block
print. [Non-Circ Request at UCLA YRL Circulation Desk: BQ 130
F39] This work is a Sanskrit-Chinese dictionary and a study
of the various Chinese translations in use for Sanskrit Buddhist
terms. This 1628 edition is the oldest extant version of this
text-truly a rare treasure! [NOTE: When considering
traditional Chinese glossaries of transliteratied terms, do not forget the
various yinyi (Jpn. ongi音義, “transcription
dictionaries”) included in scripture collections.]

Sasaki Ryōzaburō,
ed. (Bon-Zō Kan-Wa shiyaku taikō) Honyaku
myōgishū梵藏漢和四譯對校翻譯名義集 [(Sanskrit, Tibetan,
Chinese, Japanese Four Language Edition of) The
Mahāvyutpatti]. 2 vols. Kyoto,
1916. [NOT at UCLA.] The Chinese
translations in this version are even better than Ogiwara’s 1915 edition, but
the index is not as complete.

Chen Yuan
陳垣.
Shishi yinian lu釋氏疑年録 [Birth- and death-dates
of Buddhist monks]. Peking: Zhonghua
Shuju, 1964. [This edition NOT at UCLA]
Reprinted (with index) as part of Xiandai Foxue daxi現代佛學大系 (Taipei:
Mile Chubanshe, 1982). [SRLF: BQ 118 H75 1982 v.
3] Invaluable source for dating of Chinese monks, from
200–1698, arranged chronologically. An index to the book,
arranged by the final character of the monks’ names, is available in the next
item:

Kokusho jinmei
jiten国書人名事典 [Biographical
Dictionary of National Authors]. 2 vols.
Edited by Ichikō Teiji et al. Tokyo:
Iwanami Shoten, 1993–1995. Provides biographical
information about every single known Japanese author.
Includes entries for many individuals not discussed in any other
reference work.

Gakken Kan-Wa
daijiten学研・漢和大辞典 [The Gakken
Comprehensive Dictionary of Literary Chinese].
Ed. Tōdō Akiyasu 藤堂明保.
Tokyo: Gakushū Kenkyūsha, 1978.
[Ref. PL 677.5 G35 1978] The best
one-volume Japanese dictionary of literary Chinese. It is
notable for providing historical Chinese pronuciations based on modern
linguistic investigations, premodern Japanese character glosses, special
Japanese reading used only in personal names, and modern Japanese translations
of the classical Chinese passages cited in the
definitions.

Gyakubiki
Kōjien逆引き広辞苑 [Reverse-search Guide
to Kōjien]. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten,
1992. [Ref. PL 675 S493 G93
1992] Index to entries in Iwanami’s Kōjien
広辞苑 (a standard reference
that every student should own) by reverse-order pronunciation in which words
with the same last syllable appear together. Very handy for
reading documents where the first part of a word is
illegible.

Reikai kogo
jiten例解古語辞典 [Dictionary of
Classical Japanese with Explanations of the Examples].
Ed. Saeki Umetomo et al.
Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 1983.
[Ref. PL 682 O44]. One of the
easiest to understand dictionaries of classical Japanese, extremely popular with
high school students preparing for college entrance
exams.

Chimei yomikata
jiten地名読み方辞典 [English
title: Guide to reading of each Japanese
place-name]. Ed. Nichigai
Associates. Tokyo: Kinokuniya Shoten,
1989. [Ref. DS 805 C467 1989]
Lists all the variant readings of the kanji used for writing
Japanese place names and identifies which readings are used at which
locations. The best dictionary of its
kind.

Jinja, jiinmei yomikata
jiten神社・寺院名読み方辞典 [English
title: Guide to reading of each Japanese shrine and
temple]. Ed. Nichigai
Associates. Tokyo: Kinokuniya Shoten,
1989. [Ref. BL 2203 J56 1989]
Lists all the variant readings of the kanji used for writing the names of
Japanese shrines and temples and identifies which readings are used at which
institutions.

Rekishi jinmei yomikata
jiten歴史人名読み方辞典 [English
title: Guide to reading of each historical figure’s name from
ancient times down to the Edo era]. Ed.
Nichigai Associates. Tokyo:
Kinokuniya Shoten, 1989. [Ref. DS
834 R44 1989] Lists all the variant readings of the kanji
used for writing Japanese personal names and identifies which readings are used
for which persons.

Kokushi
daijiten國史大辞典
[Encyclopedia of
Japanese National History]. 17 vols.
Tokyo: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1979–1998.
[Ref. DS 833 K64] The most
up-to-date and best multivolume dictionary of Japanese historical events,
people, and places.

Tōyō rekishi
jiten東洋歴史辞典 [Encylopedia of
Oriental History]. 9 vols.
Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1939. [NOT at
UCLA.] Out of date (naturally), but provides more citations
from original sources than found in its successor, the Ajia rekishi
jiten.

Shinsan Zenseki
mokuroku新參禪籍目録 [Revised Catalog of Zen
Texts found in Japan]. Ed. Komazawa
Daigaku Toshokan 駒沢大学図書館.
Tokyo: Komazawa Daigaku Toshokan, 1962.
[Ref.
1880.1 K83] Now out of date and in need of revision,
this mokuroku目録 contains the most
detailed information on extant Zen manuscripts (and published works) found in
Japan.

Hirakawa Akira
平川彰, trans.
Hasshū kōyō 八宗綱要 [Outline of the Eight
Schools], vols. 39A-B of Butten Kōza.
Tokyo: Daizō Shuppan, 1980. [BQ
1217 B87] Note: Hirakawa’s comments on
each section of his translation conclude with a brief history of premodern and
modern scholarship on the particular Buddhist school under
discussion.

Tsuda
Shin’ichi. “A Critical Survey of Tantrism.” Memoirs of the
Research Department of the Tōyō Bunko 36 (1978):
167–231.

Thompson, Laurence
G. Chinese Religion in Western Languages:A Comprehensive and Classified Bibliography of Publications in English,
French, and German through 1980. The Association for
Asian Studies Monograph, no. 41. Tucson:
The University of Arizona Press, 1985. [YRL: Z 7757 C6
T55 1985] Part Three (pp. 180–267) is devoted to Chinese
Buddhism.

_______.
Chinese Religion Publications in Western Languages 1981 through
1992. The Association for Asian Studies Monograph, no.
47. Tucson: The University of Arizona
Press, 1993.